Liberalism, Conservatism and spirituality, Part III: the crisis of nihilism...
Witches and Pagans now has Part III of my essay on liberalism, conservatism, their intellectual and moral collapse and what spiritualities of immanence might be able to do to revitalize them. If you...
View ArticleDeep Ecology and Liberalism: The Greener Implications of Evolutionary Liberal...
DEEP ECOLOGY AND LIBERALISM: The Greener Implications of Evolutionary Liberal Theory Review of Politics, 58:4, Fall, 1996. Gus diZerega ____________________________________________________ DEEP...
View ArticleProgressives again blowing the lessons of the election
As Republicans take over the Senate as well as the House, progressive American leaders are trying to find a silver lining, and so far guaranteeing the clouds will remain dark. Think Progress, which...
View ArticleWhat’s in a Name? Capitalism, Crony Capitalism, and Corporatism: Why...
A number of classical liberals to whom I sent my paper on capitalism and civil society replied there is much with which they agree, but think I should use the term “crony capitalism” rather than...
View ArticleSpontaneous Order and Liberalism’s Complex Relation to Democracy
Spontaneous orders are natural outgrowths of liberal principles and a better understanding of them sheds light on a fateful split between nineteenth-century American and European liberal traditions...
View ArticleThoughts on shooting Congressmen and the dissolution of America
The attempted murder of several Congressmen and shooting of one marks another step in the progressive dissolution of the U.S. occurring before our eyes. That the shooter could have been either from...
View ArticleTransforming the Cultural Appropriation Debate: Pagan and magickal insights.
The common academic issue of whether or not one engages in ‘cultural appropriation’ has divided the Pagan community. I have been very explicit in my dislike of the idea, but in working out just why I...
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On Honoring July 4
On the Fourth of July it is traditional to think at least a little about the founding of our country. In a country that replaced the birthdays of specific presidents of great historical importance...
View ArticleNeoconservatism’s Paradoxical Origins
Neoconservatism has a complex parentage, partly home grown and even more European. It originally grew out of tensions internal to many liberals who made up a crucial part of the Democratic coalition...
View ArticleThe troubling case of eugenics
In the late 1880s Darwin’s cousin, Francis Galton advocated applying scientific insights to human reproduction. He label his proposed science “eugenics.” Galton argued that just as physical traits...
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